CVE-2008-0036

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-01-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Apple QuickTime before 7.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted compressed PICT image, which triggers the overflow during decoding.

Affected products

Apple Installer of QuickTime for Windows: through 7.3

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307301
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00000.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Jan/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28502
http://secunia.com/advisories/31034
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27300
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019221
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-016A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0148
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2064/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39698
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307301

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